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Boualem Sansal

1949 - Today

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Boualem Sansal (Arabic: بوعلام صنصال; born 15 October 1949) is an Algerian author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boualem Sansal has received more than 130,532 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Boualem Sansal is the 4,024th most popular writer (up from 4,465th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Algeria (up from 110th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Algerian Writer.

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Boualem Sansal ranks 4,024 out of 7,302. Before him are Otto Ludwig, Ricardo Palma, Lajos Bíró, Ludvík Vaculík, Eno Raud, and Syd Field. After him are Elbert Hubbard, Dagmar Lange, José Cadalso, Murray Leinster, Anita Brookner, and Katherine Paterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Boualem Sansal ranks 328. Before him are Janet Ågren, Keith Rowley, César Aira, Francisco Pascual Obama Asue, Nené, and Bonnie Raitt. After him are Peter Maffay, Ádám Fischer, Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda, Kalkot Mataskelekele, Antonello Venditti, and Pamela Reed.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Boualem Sansal ranks 107 out of 213. Before him are Cheb Mami (1966), Abdelaziz Belkhadem (1945), Sofia Boutella (1982), Biyouna (1952), Ali Benflis (1944), and Jean-Pierre Bacri (1951). After him are Solveig Dommartin (1961), Rachid Mekhloufi (1936), Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (1934), Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (1927), Kad Merad (1964), and Mustapha Dahleb (1952).

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Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Boualem Sansal ranks 16. Before him are Isaac Alfasi (1013), Al-Busiri (1213), Mouloud Feraoun (1913), Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578), Mouloud Mammeri (1917), and Yasmina Khadra (1955). After him are Emmanuel Roblès (1914), Jean Amrouche (1906), Tahar Djaout (1954), and Jules Roy (1907).

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